I'm Not a Cheap Woman

Misunderstand

Falera is still in treatment, while Zionel continues to talk to Stevani in the other room. The man wanted to know everything that had happened during the past 5 years with him. Slowly Stevani recounts how he met Zaline the first time.

"I actually lived a long time after my parents died. I have no sister at all. I was just finishing work, near the club I saw a little boy who was crying, confused and scared. At that time my friend could only feel pity, but I just wanted the little girl to come with me. I felt that God had performed His miracle by sending the little girl into my life. I took her home and took care of her, but every time I asked her name, she cried and was terrified. From that moment on I felt something was wrong with her, I intended to protect her from the fear she was experiencing, I gave her a new name, changed her identity and took care of her like my own sister. I don't mean to hide your sister Zio, please don't misunderstand me. I love Zaline as much as my own sister." Stevani said sadly.

"You sure Haena is Zaline?" zionel asked still in disbelief.

Stevani nodded her head. "I still clearly remember what Zaline looked like when I first found out, she was exactly like the girl in the picture."

Zionel closed his eyes. "It is fitting that I find it so difficult, he hides with another identity. How could he have Vani's heart disease?"

"I didn't believe any of this, two years later when he was 9 years old, he often complained of chest pain. He often fainted and was in pain. When I took her to the hospital, the doctor gave her the results of Zaline's medical examination. The beautiful girl who was very cheerful had a heart disease. That's when I died looking for money for treatment, I was willing to be insulted, harassed for Zaline. I don't want to lose him, I love him so much Zio." Stevani replied, sobbing back.

"Oh my God." said Zionel, pulling his wife into his arms. "I'm sorry I didn't find you sooner, I'm sorry for making you suffer all this time. I trust you, you didn't intentionally hide my dear sister, you were just trying to protect her." Zionel said, stroking Stevani's back.

"Don't separate me from Zaline, don't take me out of your lives. I wouldn't be able to live without Zaline." Stevani's sobs are getting stifling.

"Who will separate you, my dear? I will not let you out of my life. You're the mother of my son right now, you're also Zaline's sister and Haena's sister-in-law. What reason did I separate you?"

"Mommy was so shocked that she fainted, she probably won't forgive me for hiding her daughter all this time. Zio.. help me stay with you." Stevani asked sadly.

Zionel let go of his embrace. "When I first learned you were in trouble because of your sister's treatment, I had a strong urge to help you, I felt an inner bond with you. Maybe God gave the answer to my efforts all along. You're the greatest gift in the search for Haena baby. I will never make you part with me, with our sister. Oh my God, I'm guilty of you, I helped my own sister's treatment by ensnaring you in marriage, I threatened you, demeaning you. You're the one who's supposed to punish me, Vani, I'm really guilty."

Stevani shook her head. "You don't know if Zaline's your own sister. So you're innocent at all Zio."

Zionel unshackles Stevani's clothes. "Is it still sick? I lost control because I was too surprised. Are you hurt, baby?"

"No. I'm fine."

Zionel hugged his wife again. "Your situation is still weak, I hurt the wife I love so much, the wife who is pregnant with my child. I'm sorry Vani."

"Zio. I don't blame you for this."

"Stevani Yunsu, thank you for taking good care of my sister. I don't know how to get back at all this."

"Zaline's my sister." said Stevani annoyed.

He felt that Zionel was starting to keep Zaline away from him.

"OK fine... Zaline or Haena are the same. He is our brother."

"Mom... calm down. You just came to your senses.." Nicholas' voice was trying to calm his wife.

"What do you want to do mom?" zionel asked furiously.

"This woman who kidnapped Haena. He deliberately approached you because he knew Haena was your sister. He had evil intentions from the beginning. You cheap woman, you used my daughter to ensnare her brother. Is it any fun for you to separate a mother from her own child, huh?" shouted Falera.

Stevani cried again.

"Mommy misunderstood me, my wife doesn't like that. Mommy should thank him for taking good care of Hae all this time, instead of yelling like this mom. Why don't you learn from your previous mistakes because you misunderstood Stevani" Zionel replied.

"You dare scold your own mother for this woman Zio. It's clear he deliberately ensnared you with his fake love. He accidentally enters Cruise's life after finding out who Haena really is."

Stevani kept shaking her head. "For God's sake I just found out who Zaline is, I'm not like that mom."

"Don't call me mommy." snapped Falera. "Don't let the child in the womb be another boy. Cheap women seem to be justifying every way to get property from the Cruise family" he added.

Stevani is sobbing, overcrowded with such insults from her own in-laws. Zionel gritted his teeth holding back his anger.

"Dad... get mommy out of here if she still keeps misunderstanding Stevani." Zionel asked.

"You dare drive your mother out for this woman."

"Mom. We should have listened to Stevani's explanation calmly. You just accuse him, you're gonna regret doing all this" Nicholas said. "We better get back in the room again, you can talk after you've calmed down" he added.

"Daddy said I should calm down? Did you forget how we spent so much time and money looking for Haena's whereabouts? But it turns out this woman is the one who hid Haena with her new identity. I should be as calm as ever dad?"

Zionel sighed. "Vani has no intention of hiding Haena, instead trying to protect Haena. We should have stayed calm this time, we could have met Hae tomorrow and found out the truth. Moms... Stevani is not a cheap woman, the child she bears is my son. There was no need to confirm anything by going through the test, because I was very sure, I was the first one to desecrate this holy girl, I was the one who took her chastity. And ever since then, I've never let go. I was always by his side, he never hung out with anyone but me. Why did mommy go back to hurting Stevani again. I believe in my own wife, she is not a woman who deliberately approached me because of money, because from the beginning she always rejected me, I was the one who pursued her until she agreed to marry me. I'm the one who used all sorts of ways to ensnare her in my life. I'm the man who wronged her, but why did mommy accuse her without asking the truth. Has mommy lost her mind?"

"Zio.. stop it. You must not talk to your mother like that." Stevani said while holding her head that began to hurt again.

"Darling... You're okay, right?" ask Zionel to panic.

Stevani continued to hold her head, her gaze turning dark. In a panic Zionel pressed the emergency call button. The doctor and nurse entered the room. Nicholas forced his wife out of the room. Doctors began to examine Stevani.

*****

Don't say hang it again...

Miss's thumb is tired... Tomorrow again yes...

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